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' new and'nseful Improvements in Solidi l in transporting and 'bf schist, and their as oils in general.

l. lagzn) or anyother substance having saponifya ration of some fifteen liters of thesaponifyin'g.

- see s r giving 7 a small continuous stream inorder to eiiect .UHARLES A; manner, for minis, raunch imraoysmsnr IN son-animus oats...

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to the bottom of vthe; vessel, ified petroleum or otheroil floating on top. e excess of saponifyin g extract can be drawn o d and used in another operation.

The new solidified product whichl thus obtain remains combustible, although it will disengage or give ofltmigch less of vapor-than To whom it may concern: l 7 Be it known that I, CHfiLEs ALFRED J on DERY, of Paris, France, have invented certain *ln Oils, and especially the oils of petroleum an schist, and the volatile essences thereof, of which the following isa specification: j V The object of my invention is to obviate several inconveniences which are experienced handling petroleum, oils volatile essences, as well These products, by reason of their fluidity, are diflicult totransport, and spread over all substance or bodies'with which they come in contact; and,'as regards the petroleum and other volatile oils, develop inflammable vapors, which, besides being dangerous, constitute quite aserious loss. To remedy these'diflicultiesI-have solidified these oils so as. to obtain anew industrial product of a greater consistency, and disen' of less vapor and capable of being transported and handlhdwith greater facility;

To accomplish and under the same conditions of temperature. 1 A noticeable property of this solidified product is, that whenplaced in a mass of truncoconical or other suitable body-e-such as wood, for instanceit will not, when set on fire, spread over the wood but theflame remains the 'spaceoccupied by the product on the wood in the first instance,while, on the other hand, under the same conditions, petroleum or other -volatileliquidproducts would be immediately spread over all whole en fire. When the oil is thus solidified it can be transe i sired to bring it back toits ordinaryliquid this 'result'I proceed as fol, state, it will be suflicie'nt, if the oil lows: I prepare a solution, decoction, or exto employthe process of distillation ordinaritract of soapwort root (saponaria oflicinalis) ori l 7 leaves, Panama-wood orQuillay-wbod, (quit-1 in this instance,

of1liquefying-and purifying the product. mg properties, such asgypsophitum strutium.

'lo effect the solidifying of the oil I place in a suitable vessel a quantity of the solution; or decoction equal to one twentiethpart of the J quantity of petroleum, oil, or es'sehceto be treated, which is cansed to enter the/vessel in are to be liquefied they a heat of 60 centigrade in the course of some hours, will eii'ect the separation. The same process may be employedfor oils in general but in this ease-a higher heat will be neede ,and it will be nee-- essary to'considerably augment the degree of; heat in order to obtain a speedy action.

In order to'destroy the emulsion andgbring back to a liquid state refined petroleum and may be submitted to the intimate mixture of which is brought about by continuonsagita- ,tion or stirring by any suitable. means. Anexcess of the'liquidto be solidified will do no damage as this excess willremain free, and can be drawn oil when the contents are at rest.

The opera ion may be made more rapid by changing the proportions, placing in the cylinder twenty liters of the saponitying liquid extract to eighty liters of petroleum or other oil, thrown all at once into the vessel. The The contents of the vessel being briskly and suddenly agitated solidification takes place, imperfectly at first, then there. ill bea sepathe two. substances,

hess maybe employed, as follows: A lightsolution of gum lac in alcohol is prepared, sev-- eral centimeters of which are poured over and maintained upon the surface of the solidified tospread over the-'wliole-surface and diffuse itself through the 'lsthus restored to its liquid state.

In the of solidified substancesemployed in excuse-which will fall leaving the solidordinary fluid state, I

shape on a permeable entirely within the limits of the surface seas-t6 setthe" ported with facility. z'. If, afterward; it is de'r is crude,

'yused in purifying crude petroleum, which, I will serve the double purpose In case refined ,"Petroleum and volatile oils V in asand-bath,which,

volatile oils thus solidified, still another proo1l,a fine sieve being used'to cause theliquid whole mass. The" saponifying matter-willseparate from the oil,whichessences the same process may be employed, with the subs title tion of acetic acid for the solution above men- 2. Theprocess' herein described of solidifytioned, which acid combines with the saponiing petroleum and other oils'by saponifioation,

fying agent. To restore the acetic acid the in the manner and for the purposes set forth. ordinary processes may be employed so as to 3. The refining of the solidfied product, subfit the'aeid for use inj-subsequent operations. stantially in the manner and by the means It will be understood that the proportions herein set forth.

herein given may be varied, as well, also, as 4. The liqu'efying of; the solidified product, the saponifying agents, Without departure from substantially in the manner and by the means the principle 'of my invention. 3 I set forth.

What 1 claim, and desire to secure by' Let- In testimony whereof I have signed my name ters Patent, isi to this specification before two subscribing wit- 1. As a new product or article of manufacnesses. ture, solidified petroleum, schist, or other oil Witnesses: I O. A. J ORDERY. or essence, prepared substantially in the man- J. MARWIN,

. ner and by the meansherein set forth. EMIL RANAULT. 

